How to get off Canary updates and get on Dev Channel in Windows Insider Program?

Winuser · Apr 7, 2023

cereberus said:
If you choose to do so, it is at your own risk.Ok making Macrium Reflect significantly reduces risk.

If you think about it, that's true for any version of Windows. Even on the release builds there have been updates that have caused some users major problems. IMHO, the only ones at risk are the ones who don't make backups.

Winuser · Apr 7, 2023

cereberus said:
What you do, when at that screen, is press reset from the menu bar, and then you get enough time to press the "cd" key.

ShamrockRig · Apr 7, 2023

cereberus said:
That is never going to happen. Canary will always be ahead of Dev. Dev will always be ahead of Beta.

You can never go backwards.

Leaving Insider and waiting is pointless.

You can clone Host OS if release version and upgrade to Release Preview, Beta, Dev or Canary.

If you are running Canary as your only installation, then you failed to listen to MS who make it clear you should never run Insider Versions as your main version.

All experienced Insiders run them as dual boot or as virtual machines.

I rarely backup my dual boot versions as I can easily clone my Host OS and reupgrade.

I went backwords maybe 4 or 5 months ago when they lined up. Canary and Dev I HIGHLY doubt will ever, But Dev and Beta atleast used to( Again maybe a few times a year if that).

cereberus · Apr 7, 2023

Winuser said:

Sure but key difference is the hassle factor with Canary as you may end up doing it more often. W11 release is pretty rock solid apart from a few minor niggles.

Winuser · Apr 7, 2023

ShamrockRig said:
I went backwords maybe 4 or 5 months ago when they lined up. Canary and Dev I HIGHLY doubt will ever, But Dev and Beta atleast used to( Again maybe a few times a year if that).

They did it with the Skip Ahead ring.

Winuser · Apr 7, 2023

cereberus said:
Sure but key difference is the hassle factor with Canary as you may end up doing it more often. W11 release is pretty rock solid apart from a few minor niggles.

That is a possibility but I bet I have a better change of recovering then the average computer users that don't even know about making backups.

jfdensmore · Jul 14, 2023

Does anybody know if an intune policy that has preview builds set to Dev, will that force Computers that are running canary to switch to Dev and if that happens will it Force a reimage on the next update?? We recently changed this policy and I don't want to lose All the data on our test computer if I can avoid it.

sfuller · Feb 15, 2024

Now is the time--I just switched to Dev.

Bree · Feb 16, 2024

sfuller said:
Now is the time--I just switched to Dev.

It's a limited time offer, if you want to switch take it while you still can....

Microsoft said:
The Canary and Dev Channels receiving the same builds is only temporary. During the times in which the Canary and Dev Channels are on the same builds (e.g. Build 26058), the window is open for Insiders in the Canary Channel to switch to the Dev Channel. At some point in the future, the Canary Channel will jump to higher build numbers and the window will be closed.

Windows 11 Insider Dev Build 26058.1300 (KB5036082) or 26058.1400 (KB5036080) 24H2 - Feb. 22

UPDATE 3/13: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/windows-11-insider-canary-26080-1-and-dev-build-26080-1100-kb5037133-24h2-march-13.23445/ Windows Blogs: [UPDATE 2/22] We are starting to roll out two servicing updates to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. Both these updates do not include anything...

www.elevenforum.com

NormanF · Feb 18, 2024

sfuller said:
Now is the time--I just switched to Dev.

You can do it for a short time as long as both channels are on the same build. If you want to downgrade from Canary to Dev later, you'll have to do a clean install.